"…And I will never need what you gave me
And never need you to save me
And never feel like this life is over…"

            -Limp Bizkit

            Adam follows Britt into the lab. 

            "How you feeling?"  Britt asks.

            "I'm not going crazy," Brennan states flatly.  "I heard what you guys were talking about.  I'm not going crazy."

            "How'd you here that?"  Jesse asks.

            Brennan shrugs weakly.  "I did."

            "You're shaking again, Brennan," Shalimar remarks, worried about upsetting him.  "You want a blanket?"

            "I want this to stop."  Brennan's eyes are locked intensely with Britt's.  Brennan's eyes shift colors rapidly, finally settling on an icy blue. 

            "No fucking way, Brennan!  No fucking way," Britt says, suddenly, breaking from the stare.

            Emma gasps.  "Brennan?  You guys…"

            "Telepathy," Adam interrupts, completing her thought.

            Brennan is still focused on his brother.  "Fuck you," he says aloud, to Britt's turned back.

            "Can we get in on this conversation?"  Shalimar asks, confused.

            "Look at me, Britt, look me in the face and tell me I'm wrong," Brennan says, his voice low.  Britt turns around slowly. 

            "You're wrong," Britt says, meeting Brennan's eyes.

            Brennan shakes his head, disbelief appearing on his face.  "You fucking bastard…you're lying to my face…you're lying to me…"

            "Brennan, it's not like that…Brennan…" Britt starts toward his brother's side.

            "Stay back, Britt…don't make me hurt you…" Brennan says, sitting up, shakily.

            "What the fuck is going on?"  Jesse demands, grabbing Britt's arm.

            "Why would you do this to me, Britt?  What the fuck were you thinking?"  Brennan asks, his voice growing hoarse.

            "I had no choice…I had no choice, Brennan…she has my daughter…" Britt replies, emotion on his face.

            "Whoa, whoa!"  Adam yells.  "You know who's doing this?  Britt?" 

            Brennan has closed his eyes and is shaking his head.  Electricity starts to trace the veins in his skin, crackling dangerously. 

            "Brennan, I never thought she'd…" Britt starts, trying to free himself from Jesse's grasp. 

            "Can you leave, now?"  Brennan says, his voice a threat.

            "Brennan…" Britt pleads, but he is cut off as Brennan raises his hand and Britt is shoved against the wall, his feet dangling.

            "Go.  Now."  Brennan's voice is shaking. 

            "Jesse, go with him.  Hold onto him until we figure out what's going on," Adam says.  "Brennan?"

            "You're going to have to do something…I feel like I'm about…to explode…my powers are building…" Brennan opens his eyes and for the first time in hours, his eyes are his native brown.  Pain lines his face. 

            "Brennan, what about Britt?"  Emma urges.

            Brennan covers his eyes with a trembling hand.  "Chelsea…her name was Chelsea…she was a kid in the compound…a feral taken from her family…she was mean as hell…she escaped a few days before Britt and I…" Britt's voice starts to slur as his powers overwhelm him.  He grips the bed tightly as a wave of pain washes over him.

            "Brennan?"  Emma calls, reaching for his hand.

            "Don't touch me…I might hurt you…" Brennan warns, recovering and pulling his hand away.

            "Who the fuck is Chelsea?"  Shalimar asks.

            "Yeah…I Britt's mind I saw what happened…Chelsea is really pissed at us…"  Brennan's eyelids start to droop as his power surges again and electricity starts to crackle at his fingertips. 

            Emma takes Brennan's face in her hands. "Brennan, show me and you can rest…"

            Brennan nods.  "Let go when it starts to hurt you…I don't think I can control it…" Before Adam or Shalimar can stop them, a blue energy starts to pass between them.

            Emma gasps as the blue energy fills her mind with Brennan's memories.  Brennan slowly goes limp and when Emma lets go, he starts to convulse.

            After several minutes of convulsing, a surge of electricity consumes him and he lies limp on the bed with a rhythmic heartbeat.

            "Adam!  You have to come in here!" Jesse yells from the other room.  

            "I'll go too.  Shal, stay with him," Emma says, looking at Brennan with concern. 

            "If anything weird happens, try your damnedest to wake him up," Adam advises.  "I'll leave my comlink on so I can hear you if you call."

            "Sure, Adam," Shalimar nods.

            "ADAM!" Jesse yells.

            "Do you know what's going on?"  Adam asks Emma as they start toward Jesse.

            "I know what Brennan thinks is going on, but I don't want to believe it," She replies.

            Emma walks up to Britt and faces him.  "Is Brennan right?  You gave Chelsea the key to his mind to save your own ass?"

            Britt's eyes reflect understanding.  "Psionic…he showed you…Dammit…"

            "Britt says that this lady named Chelsea is settling some old score with him.  She has the power to soak up the powers of whoever's mind she can get into.  He says she kidnapped his daughter in exchange for access to his power," Jesse explains. 

            "Instead of Britt giving her access to his mind, she gave him a one-way pass into Brennan's," Emma says, staring at Britt.  "But he's lying.  He doesn't have a daughter."

            "Bullshit…why else would I do it?"  Britt denies.

            "Because you don't want your reputation as a super-cop tarnished by Chelsea revealing your new mutant abilities," Emma replies. 

            Britt is silent.

            "Brennan was right.  You sold him out to save your own ass…" Emma shakes her head. 

            "Adam, you better come in here…" Shalimar says over the comlink.